Digital infrastructure in Africa
This study provides an overview of digital infrastructure in Africa and compares it with digital infrastructure in the rest of the world. The scope is limited to the components of digital infrastructure
Mobile Phone
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Policy responses to COVID-19: Repurposing National Highways for Good
<p>COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. Asia-Pacific leaders are simultaneously struggling to save lives and livelihoods. Working from home, online pedagogy and telemedicine are the new
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Accelerating Digital Inclusion in the New Normal
<p>The COVID-19 crisis has thrown into sharp focus the importance of digital connectivity in daily life. As many countries underwent lockdown periods, digital infrastructure was critical to mitigate the
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Picture-based crop insurance: using farmers’ smartphone pictures to reduce basis risk and costs of loss verification
<p>A picture-based insurance (PBI) product that assesses crop damage using mobile phone photos uploaded by farmers was implemented in Haryana due to its importance in cereal production, high smartphone
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5G Outlook Series: The Impact of Mobile Technology on the Response to COVID-19
<p>As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, putting immense pressure on healthcare systems and economies around the world, connectivity needs have changed abruptly. The response to COVID-19 has significantly
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Digitalizing Sub-Saharan Africa: Hopes and Hurdles
<p>Digital connectivity has increased rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa. While the global digital divide is still large, the gap with the rest of the world is narrowing fast. Internet penetration in the region
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on internet connectivity in rural areas, 11/03/2020
<p>Internet is being currently accessed mainly through mobile wireless technologies, which at present cover more than 95% of the population of the country. As per the data collected from the Telecom Service
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Digital economy report 2019: value creation and capture- implications for Developing Countries
The rapid spread of digital technologies is transforming many economic and social activities. While creating many new opportunities, widening digital divides threaten to leave developing countries, and
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Design and implementation of a mobile device APP for network-based EEW systems: application to PRESTo EEWS in Southern Italy
<p>A fundamental feature of any Earthquake Early Warning System is the ability of rapidly broadcast earthquake information to a wide audience of potential end users and stakeholders, in an intuitive, customizable
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Dept braces up to check Kangra forest fires
With the onset of summer, the Forest Department in the district has geared up its machinery to check forest fires. Appropriate arrangements have been made in all forest divisions to create awareness
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Africa: The Mobile Phone App That Discovers Disease and Saves Lives
What if a mobile phone could prevent a health epidemic? It may sound like science fiction, but the World Health Organization's (WHO) Polio Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology is doing just that